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Micro-celebrities
A micro-celebrity is the state of being famous to a niche group of people on a social media platform. Achieving micro-celebrity status involves the use of a self-presentation technique in which the subject views himself or herself as a public persona to be consumed by others. Persons who achieve this status use self-presentation to appeal to followers. Micro-celebrities are also targeted by companies for advertising products to their fans and followers.

Internet Icon
Internet Icon is an American Idol-like competition between groups to see who can be "the next internet icon" or be able to run their own YouTube channel while sustaining an audience. It premiered on YOMYOMF, and was hosted by Chester See. Notable judges include YouTube celebrity and actor Ryan Higa.

Additionally, there is also a guest judge who appears on the show each elimination episode. The contestants complete challenges at the Los Angeles Center Studios, where the show is also shot.

The competition aired for two seasons before cancellation due to funding issues.

Most Liked Instagram Picture
On January 4, 2019, an account called @world_record_egg on the social media platform Instagram, was anonymously created for the purpose of passing Kylie Jenner on the most-liked Instagram picture, which was previously a post announcing her daughter's birth.

The account originally contained one photo, which was a brown egg captioned, "Let's set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram. Beating the current world record held by Kylie Jenner (18 million)! We got this"

The Instagram post successfully surpassed Kylie Jenner and today has more than 52 million likes.

Later, the creator was revealed to be Chris Godfrey, who posted the simple picture of an egg as a challenge.

Meetups
Meetups are often a way Internet celebrities engage in to meet and interact with fans. Occasionally an Internet celebrity has naively invited fans to meet him/her at a certain place and time, without proper organization, attracting crowds of fans, causing disorderly and even unsafe situations. Tanacon is an example of an organization involving a group of internet celebrities that were set to meet paying fans but did not follow through. Because of the unorderly setup, the meetup resulted in chaos.

Alternatively, these meetups can be organized in a venue, with security personnel. A current organized meetup called Vidcon is a yearly event designed for people interested in online video. Vidcon invites Internet content creators to carry out functions for paying fans such as performances, panels, and meet and greets.

Examples
For a more comprehensive list, see List of YouTube personalities.

Essena O'Neill
Essena O'Neill made a living from paid-advertising on the social media platform, Instagram. O'Neill attracted international coverage when she explicitly left social media after the effect it had on her self-esteem and how it left her more insecure than not. O'Neill received both positive and negative backlash after deserting social media.